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Encouraging a Healthy Weight for Your Child
Saturday, 16 May 2009 00:00
Written by ciara

Since I am trying to get on a health kick and trying to encourage my girls to as well, here is my second installment into kids' health.  I will try to get to body image next time.

There are twice as many overweight children in the U.S. today than in 1980. This is due to a combination of bad eating habits, larger portion sizes, and not getting enough exercise. In the late 70’s and 80’s we didn’t have the computer or too many video games to occupy our time. We enjoyed going outside to play football in the streets, basketball, a good game of a game called Mississippi, and a lot of bike riding and walking to anywhere that we needed to go.  How do we encourage a healthy weight for our children?

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25 Healthy Snacks for Kids (and good for adults, too)
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 00:05
Written by ciara

I am banana. Eat me.There is a growing obesity epidemic in America, and now we are introducing our children to it. I would like to take a look at kids health. I’ll be easing us into it slowly with 25 Healthy Snack for Kids. These are snacks that are easy, tasty, and most of it can be done by themselves. Getting them involved in the kitchen is a good way to not only teach them a little independence (making quick, easy snacks), but ensuring they are getting nutritious snacks.

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Dads in the Media: Jon Gosselin
Monday, 04 May 2009 00:00
Written by ciara

Jon Gosselin coverWhenever we see someone doing something wrong or acting in a behavior we probably would find inappropriate, we usually keep our opinions to ourselves. But what happens when you’ve let your life become basically an open book?

Jon Gosselin was recently photographed sans wedding ring and driving away with a woman, who was not his wife, from Legends Lounge not far from the Gosselin family home at 2AM. This wasn’t the first time that Jon has been photographed doing something that is a major faux pas for a married man with eight children. Just a few months earlier, he was photographed kissing some coeds who he had said were fans at a party. He has denied cheating on his wife, and they both have even said that the media went too far.

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Are We to Blame for Narcissistic Kids?
Thursday, 30 April 2009 00:00
Written by ciara

narcNarcissism as defined at Dictionary.com is:

  1. The inordinate fascination with oneself; excessive love; vanity.
  2. Psychoanalysis. Erotic gratification derived from admiration of one’s own physical or mental attributes, being a normal condition at the infantile level of personality development.
I was talking to my son on the phone today when I asked him if he thought the younger generation was a narcissistic one and if he thought parents are partly to blame. Want to know what his answer was? “Hell, yes!” I’m sure if I asked him if he was a bit narcissistic, he would probably also be saying, “Yes,” to that question. But how did he get that way?

“Parents are Partially to Blame for Narcissism “Epidemic” is what is being touted over at parentdish.com. They say that according to a new book, “The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement,” rampant plastic surgery, materialism, helicopter parents, and the cult of celebrity are all contributing factors.

The authors of this book, Jean Twenge and W. Keith Campbell say that raising our kids to be over-confident can lead to disaster personally and socially. Apparently giving our children easy credit, celebrity worship and treating our kids like royalty makes our kids narcissists. A parent, who agrees with this, according to the Parent Dish article, is Julie Marsh, the author of a blog called The Mommy Slant. According to her, parents are quick to praise and not discipline. I cannot wholly agree with this.  It's a combination of things; genetics, people, and media.

"I was talking to my son...I asked him if he thought the younger generation was a narcissistic one and if parents are to blame...his answer was, “Hell, yes!” "

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Scheisse or Get Off the Pot-A Lesson in Poop Etiquette
Monday, 16 March 2009 23:00
Written by ciara

funnybathroomHere’s the deal. I’m not above discussing anything even a shitty subject like poop. I’m not the queen of poop, but somehow I mention it more often than most people. Joeprah and Apok suggested that maybe I could discuss Poop Etiquette 101. O.K., maybe they didn’t refer to it as poop, pinching a loaf, laying a log, taking a crap, and any of those other assortments of goodies, but instead referred to it as #2. I’m sorry, but a #2 does not come out of your nether regions unless by some miracle of fate it’s shaped that way. Let’s call it what it is, shall we?

Etiquette 101 for the Dumper-

Now if you are the dumper (the one relieving your bowels), there are certain things you must do in all that’s holy to make sure you are not offending your family, loved ones, friends, and neighbors down the street.

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